One of the most common canards used to discount that Pope Benedict XVI is still the pope is that, regardless of all the Canonical Evidence that he did not, He has never publicly affirmed that he did anything other than resign the papacy. 1,839 more words

Adolf Hitler was a political entrepreneur. By definition, an entrepreneur creates entities (either by engineering from scratch or by engineering existing entities). A political entrepreneur (obviously) creates political entities – a movement, a society, a party, a state – and sometimes the whole brand new (and maybe even unique) civilization. 221 more words

Like the overwhelming majority of members of other cults (other than the Nazi cult that is), Germans were explicitly or implicitly looking for solutions to their financial, functional, emotional and spiritual problems. 1,701 more words

A little-known fact about cults (all cults, not just charismatic/totalitarian) is that just about all their members are spiritual pilgrims who (consciously or subconsciously) are on a spiritual journey. 565 more words

Let’s be honest – all leaders of charismatic totalitarian cults are psychopaths. Cut and dry, plain and simple, loud and clear. Psychopaths (among other deficiencies) feel no empathy for the people they harm. 966 more words